Data licenses
Every source we serve, its license and the attribution it asks for. Each API response repeats the terms for its data in meta.license. We never serve CPT or CDT content.
ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
CMS and CDC NCHS
- License
- Public domain (US government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Attribution
- None required. We credit CMS and CDC NCHS.
- Notes
- ICD-10 is maintained by WHO; the US clinical modification and PCS are US government works.
HCPCS Level II
CMS
- License
- Public domain, except D-series codes
- Attribution
- None required. We credit CMS.
- Notes
- D-series codes are CDT, © American Dental Association, and are never served. CPT (HCPCS Level I) is © AMA and is not served.
National Drug Code Directory
FDA
- License
- Public domain (US government work)
- Attribution
- None required. We credit the FDA NDC Directory.
- Notes
- Inclusion in the NDC Directory does not mean a drug is FDA approved.
RxNorm Current Prescribable Content
U.S. National Library of Medicine
- License
- No license required for this subset
- Attribution
- This product uses publicly available data from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; NLM is not responsible for the product and does not endorse or recommend this or any other product.
- Notes
- Redistributors must keep the data current or say clearly that it isn't. Every response carries data_version, and /v1/status flags a dataset that is behind schedule.
NPPES NPI registry
CMS
- License
- Public (FOIA-disclosable)
- Attribution
- None required. We credit CMS NPPES.
- Notes
- Taxonomy codes on NPI records are NPPES data. Taxonomy descriptions belong to NUCC (below).
Health Care Provider Taxonomy
NUCC (© American Medical Association)
- License
- Commercial license required
- Attribution
- Set by the license.
- Notes
- Not served yet. Taxonomy descriptions and search launch once our license is in place.